Study: Men Who Do Housework Have More Sex

Study: Men Who Do Housework Have More Sex

From VOA Learning¹ English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.

Some men may think it is not their job to help with housework. They may think that it is a woman’s job to wash clothes or clean up after a meal.

But a new study shows these men may want to think again.

The study found that a man who helped around the house not only has more sex with his partner; he also has a really good sex life.

It is time to face facts.

Women find a man washing dishes very sexy.

And now there is scientific evidence² to prove it.

A new study suggests that men who do their share of housework have better sex lives.

Matt Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Ecology³ at the University of Alberta. He remembered reading about an earlier study on housework. That study claimed that men who did little or no work at home had more sex.

Johnson told Medical News Online that this claim does not seem to ring true. He said it does not support his experience as a couple’s therapist⁴. In that job, he provided⁵ advice to married couples and others on personal relationships.

So, Johnson helped organize the new study to re-investigate the relationship between dividing household duties and sex lives.

He and the other researchers examined information about 1,338 couples. These men and women were part of a German project on relationships.

For that project, researchers asked each male partner about the amount of housework they did. They asked the men what household chores they did, and whether the level of work was similar to that of their partner.

The researchers looked each partner's sexual⁶ satisfaction and sexual activities rates one year later.

The results showed no link between the amount of housework a man did and a couple's sex life. It was the idea of “fairness” that made the most difference.

The men who thought they did a fair part of the household chores had sex more often with their partner. And both partners reported their sex life being more satisfying⁷.

So, men, get to work. Wash those dishes! Make the bed! The study did not ask why you are cleaning – just that you are cleaning.

Johnson and his colleagues⁸ reported their findings⁹ in the Journal¹⁰ of Family Psychology¹¹.

Words in This Story

ecology  - n. a science that deals with the relationships between groups of living things and their environments : the relationships between a group of living things and their environment

ring true - idiomatic¹² expression : to sound or seem true or likely

chore - n. the regular or daily light work of a household or farm

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 evidence   

n.明显，显著，明白，迹象，根据，[物]证据，证物

参考例句：

• The first signs of spring are in evidence.春天的最初迹象已显然可见。
• From the evidence I must conclude that you are wrong.从证据看，我敢断定你错了。

3 ecology   

n.生态学，社会生态学；

参考例句：

• To keep ecology in balance is our duty.保持生态平衡是我们的职责。
• She is an expert on the ecology of wetlands.她是一个湿地生态学方面的专家。

4 therapist   

n.治疗专家

参考例句：

• My therapist helped me feel my anger.我的治疗专家帮助我感受自己的怒气。
• Family therapists.家庭治疗师。

5 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。

6 sexual   

adj.性的，两性的，性别的

参考例句：

• He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
• It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。

7 satisfying   

adj.令人满意的，令人满足的v.使满意，满足( satisfy的现在分词)

参考例句：

• It's satisfying to play a game really well. 一种游戏玩得特别好是一桩惬意的事。
• The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence. 这本书依次读各章会更好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 colleagues   

n.同事，同僚( colleague的名词复数 )；同人

参考例句：

• He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a decision. 他想与他的同事先商议一下再作出决定。
• She is held in high esteem by her colleagues. 她深受同事的敬重。

9 findings   

n.发现物( finding的名词复数 )；调查（或研究）的结果；（陪审团的）裁决

参考例句：

• It behoves us to study these findings carefully. 我们理应认真研究这些发现。
• Their findings have been widely disseminated . 他们的研究成果已经广为传播。

10 journal   

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。

11 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

12 idiomatic   

adj.成语的，符合语言习惯的

参考例句：

• In our reading we should always be alert for idiomatic expressions.我们在阅读过程中应经常注意惯用法。
• In his lecture,he bore down on the importance of idiomatic usage in a language.他在演讲中着重强调了语言中习惯用法的重要性。